At this time, it is the dog season of midsummer, and the heat wave is rolling in the afternoon, and there are white flowers as far as the eye can see, which is breathless. In the small garden of the mountain courtyard behind Shaoyang Peak, the cool breeze is blowing, the towering trees block the scorching sunlight, and the wind passes through the forest, making a crisp rustling sound, like the best hypnotic music.

A little girl about ten years old sat on the big bluestone by the pond, and her long black and shiny hair was not tied, and she was casually draped behind her back. She was holding a large booklet in her hand and was lazily looking at it.

“…… Three hundred miles to the south, it is called Geng Mountain, there is no grass and trees, there is a lot of water, and there are many big snakes. There are beasts......

She carried the roster of ten thousand demons intermittently, and she was lazy without memorizing a few words, took off her shoes, and stretched out her jade-white toes in the pond to tease the golden-tailed carp that was foraging inside, while teasing: "There are beasts and fish, hunting and fishing, and they are delicious!" ”

"What's delicious?" A young man's voice suddenly came from behind, as if with a smile on his face.

The little girl lazily retracted her feet, put on her shoes and socks, and without looking back, she said, "Senior brother, what's delicious?" ”

Du Min walked to her side, first touched her little head lovingly, and then asked with a smile: "So, let me ask you." What were you muttering to yourself? ”

The little girl flipped through the big booklet in her hand and showed him, "I'm memorizing the list of ten thousand demons, it's so boring." ”

Seeing her lazy look, Du Minxing couldn't help laughing: "No wonder Master and Master say that you are lazy and unwilling to practice." You don't even want to memorize the roster of ten thousand demons, and you're too lazy. ”

The little girl didn't speak, just lowered her head and played with the jade pendant on the skirt, and after a while, she said in an old-fashioned manner: "Alas, every day is a practice practice, which makes my legs hurt and my back hurts, I don't know what the use is." I don't believe that people who become immortals are like those senior brothers, sweating profusely every day and stinking to death. ”

Du Minxing listened to her child's words and laughed again: "Practicing is to strengthen your body, and you haven't seen a fairy who is sick all day long, right?" Only when you are physically strong can you cultivate the internal strength immortal method, otherwise how can you fly and kill demons? ”

She no longer has any crooked reasoning to argue, she only feels that what the senior brother said is reasonable, but if she wants to dance the sword and practice boxing, she can't do it.

Du Minxing didn't plan to talk to a little girl.

This girl is different from Linglong. If you reason with Linglong, she will argue if she doesn't like to listen, and if she can't argue, she will be obedient; But you reasoned with this girl, and after three days and three nights, she nodded yes again and again, turned around and forgot, still doing her own thing, lazy and angry.

"Senior Sister gave the broken gold to Senior Sister Linglong today." While teasing the carp in the pond with willow branches, he said, "Your sister doesn't have to practice boxing and squatting from today onwards, she can practice swords." ”

"Oh." She reacted flatly and absent-mindedly.

"Chu Xuanji." He suddenly called her name earnestly.

Xuanji was stunned for a moment, jumped off the bluestone unwillingly, bowed to him, and said, "Xuanji is here, what advice does the senior brother have?" ”

Du Minxing grimaced and asked, "Why don't you want to practice?" ”

She bit her lip, her face was stubborn and childish, and after a while, she pouted and said: "I understand the truth that my father and uncle said, but understanding does not mean that I can do it." I can't figure out why I have to practice, you ask me a thousand times, and I still don't understand. ”

Du Minxing could only sigh, he had always treated the two little sisters equally, and loved them as if they were his own sisters. It's just that Linglong is more outgoing and lively, and everyone can't help but spoil her more. To be honest, with his good temper, he couldn't help but want to beat Xuanji up several times to vent his anger, not to mention the master and his mother. Who would have a crush on a little boulder? You scolded you and yelled, she didn't react at all, and she was really frustrated.

"Master just got angry on the martial arts training ground." He showed a slightly worried expression, "Said that you haven't practiced for ten days in a row, and you have left Shaoyang Feng's laws behind." Now I am called to you, and I am going to punish you severely. See for yourself what to do? ”

When Xuanji heard that her father was angry, she finally became a little frightened. She tugged at the corner of her clothes and smbabbled for a while before whispering, "Can't ...... Don't you go? Just say they didn't find me......"

Du Minxing shook his head: "Master is iron-hearted this time. Your twin sister Linglong has inherited Shi Niang's artifact Broken Gold Sword, but you can't even complete a set of Xuanming Fists. As the head of the family, how can he always protect his daughter? If you are not punished this time, what will the other disciples think? ”

Xuanji said aggrievedly: "Why do you care what others think...... Laws and regulations...... We're not hounds, so why do we need laws! ”

Du Minxing took out the black iron Ruyi from his arms and gently threw it into the air, and the two-foot-long pitch-black Ruyi shook twice in mid-air, and then stopped there steadily.

He jumped up and bent down to reach out to her: "Come, don't nag." Go and see Master. Senior brother and senior sister will help you intercede. Don't be lazy next time! ”

Xuanji had ten million reluctances in her heart, but she really couldn't withstand the majesty of her father's accumulation, so she had to slowly grab the hand of the senior brother, while pondering in her heart how to speak when she saw her father, and begging him pitifully: "Senior brother...... I don't want to be beaten ......."

Seeing that she was pitiful, Du Minxing's heart softened, and he said softly: "Okay, senior brother will definitely help you say good things!" It's just that the next time you don't practice like this for ten consecutive days, Senior Brother won't help you anymore! ”

Xuanji didn't answer, Du Minxing sighed in his heart, his right foot sank slightly, and Heitie Ruyi suddenly turned around and flew towards the martial arts training ground on the top of the mountain, and in a blink of an eye, the two of them disappeared into a small black dot.

There are more than a dozen martial arts training grounds in Shouyang Mountain, which are used by disciples of different tribes for cultivation. The Shaoyang faction is one of the great sects of immortal cultivation in the world, with many disciples and rich blessings. From the beginning of the previous generation of the head of Jingyang Immortals, the Shaoyang faction was divided into seven branches, the first hall was in charge of the head of the house Yu Lei, and the remaining six branches such as Qingxu and Xuyang were in charge of the other brothers of the head of the house.

There are many branches of the Shaoyang faction, and the disciples are miscellaneous, and they like to work together, all of them take the cultivation of immortals as the first task, and do not participate in the disputes between other sects.

At this time, the head of the sect, Yu Lei, was supervising the disciples to practice in the martial arts field at the peak. His wife, He Danping, is also seriously instructing the female disciples on the moves of boxing. In the afternoon, the martial arts training ground was as hot as a steamer, and everyone sweated like rain, but the huge martial arts training ground, except for the occasional call when making moves, was silent, and everyone was in danger. Just because Fang Cai Zhen Lei lost his temper because his youngest daughter Xuanji was not motivated to learn and was lazy all day long, the disciples knew that this head was short-tempered and stern, for fear of accidentally touching the scales, so they could only grit their teeth and practice hard, even if they hurt their muscles and bones, they didn't dare to cry out in pain.

He Danping first watched the two disciples feed each other's sword moves, and saw that they were practicing well, so he walked to the sidelines and drank a sip of tea. Looking up at the sun, the noon cultivation was about to end, but Du Minxing hadn't brought Xuanji over yet, and looked back at Xuan Lei's face, blue and black, presumably he was also suppressing his anger.

She sighed secretly in her heart, walked over and said softly, "Big brother...... Xuanji has always been stuffy these days, presumably because she is unwell. Don't be too angry. She's still young, and she's too demanding, so I'm afraid it's not ......."

Zhen Lei didn't answer, just sneered, raised his eyes and saw that his eldest daughter Linglong was trembling and holding her mother's broken gold, seriously swinging her sword, her little face was hot and red, but she didn't cry out bitterly, and couldn't help but say coldly: "Are you still young?" Linglong and her are twin sisters, she can practice swords, what about Xuanji?! It's because you spoil her too much on weekdays! She is lawless and unlearned! ”

He Danping knew that her husband was angry this time, otherwise he would never talk to himself like this on weekdays. In this case, if she said anything to maintain it, it would only add fuel to the fire, so she had to keep her mouth shut.

On the opposite side, the eleven-year-old Linglong had just finished posing, and she dragged her sword to find her sixth senior brother Zhong Minyan with a high spirit, shouting, "Hey! Split two tricks with me! ”

Zhong Minyan was squatting there, his delicate face was wet and full of sweat. He frowned and said, "I don't call for hey!" ”

Linglong stomped her feet and said urgently: "Hurry up!" Accompany me to dismantle the tricks! ”

He just didn't follow, but there was a little smile in his words: "I don't call it faster!" ”

Linglong, like her father, is a short temper, and after saying it twice, he still doesn't move, so he gets angry and hurriedly says: "If you don't accompany me to dismantle the trick, I can stab me directly!" ”

Zhong Minyan saw that she was angry, so he retracted his momentum and returned to the palace, and laughed with a puff: "You call me a good brother Minyan, and I will accompany you to practice, otherwise you will stab me into a hornet's nest, don't expect it." ”

Linglong stomped her feet vigorously and shouted, "Zhong Minyan! You're going to talk nonsense! If you don't practice with me, you must not have learned Yaohua's swordsmanship well! I'm not looking for you! ”

"Alright, alright." Zhong Minyan borrowed a sword from the female disciple next to him, took a sword trick, and said with a smile: "Just practice with you, it's really the temper of the eldest lady." ”

Linglong was anxious, and when she saw that he had set up a posture, she swung her sword and went up. She was small and weak, and she almost took the sword out of her hand this time, Zhong Minyan hurriedly stood it up, and said with a smile: "The sword can't be held tightly, what kind of move is it?" ”

Linglong's face turned red, and she was about to refute a few words, but she heard Zhen Lei say from behind: "Minyan, come here." ”

Zhong Minyan hurriedly put away his laughing expression, and bowed down as he passed by: "What does the master command?" ”

Yu Lei said calmly: "Your senior brother went to find your little junior sister, but he hasn't come yet, I'm afraid that he is soft-hearted and moved by that tricky girl." Now you go and take a look, don't say anything when you see her, just catch her. ”

Zhong Minyan secretly screamed bad luck in his stomach. In the whole Shaoyang Peak, he can talk to anyone, but he is the most annoying to that Xuan Xuanji, the two of them are always at odds, and he wants to beat people up if he says a few words. This will make him call people.

He quickly thought about how to refuse, and said, "Master...... I...... I...... I'm accompanying Senior Sister Linglong to dismantle the move..."

After speaking, the master didn't react, he secretly raised his eyes to look, but saw that his face was blue looking at the sky in front of him, he also turned around, but saw the senior brother Du Minxing flying over with the Xuanji Imperial Object.

For a while, the disciples in the martial arts training ground all stopped what they were doing and looked up to watch the show. Xuanji's reputation among her brothers and sisters has always been not as good as Linglong, she is eccentric and difficult to get along with, so there are still most people who watch good shows, and even more people are gloating, just waiting to see how she will be punished for being ugly.

Xuanji trembled and jumped off the black iron Ruyi, seeing that the atmosphere in the martial arts training ground was not right, and her father looked at her coldly in front of her, she hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to go over.

Du Minxing put away the black iron Ruyi, touched the top of her head, and said lightly: "Don't be afraid, come, go and meet the master." ”

Xuanji really couldn't, so he had to be pulled in front of Xuanji, knelt down and said, "Xuanji meets the head." ”

Zhen Lei snorted, and said, "You still know the head of the worship!" I don't have this Shaoyang faction in your eyes! ”

Xuanji knew that he was angry, where did he dare to speak, so he had to bow his head and play with the clothes belt blankly. This will make her feel that she has done nothing wrong, but she will not dare to be stubborn.

"Tell me, what the hell are you doing in the back mountain courtyard all day long? In addition to sleeping lazily every day, can you do something that a cultivator should do?! ”

Xuanji didn't dare to raise his head, and Du Minxing, who was beside him, hurriedly smiled and said, "Master, stop being angry." The disciple found the little junior sister in the back mountain garden, she was reciting the list of ten thousand demons, which showed that she was not lazy. The little junior sister is still practicing seriously, but her physique is thin, and she can't do it quickly when she wants to practice, please respect the teacher! ”

Zhen Lei sneered: "What if you memorize the general rules of the world's folk customs?" When you go down the mountain, do you just stare at the demon and endorse it? Can't fly with objects, don't know swordsmanship and can't do immortal arts, what kind of immortal do you cultivate?! ”

Du Minxing wanted to say more, but he waved his hand and interrupted: "You stand down!" Say no more! ”

He had no choice but to retreat to the sidelines.

Zhen Lei looked at Xuanji for a long time, but did not speak.

Looking at her beautiful appearance, he was full of pity for this daughter in his heart. Zhen Lei has devoted himself to cultivation all his life, and he has a very light view of the matter of husband and wife having children, and it is easy to get a pair of twin daughters in middle age, both of which are beautiful embryos made of ice and snow. Xuanji looks more like her mother, slender and weak, and he can't bear to be harsh on her in practice. But first, Xuanji is too lazy, and now he can't even squat well, and secondly, as the head of the house, how can he indulge his own daughter, and how will he serve the public in the future?

Thinking of this, he was angry in his heart, and said coldly: "You stand up." I want to see how you practice Xuanming Fist, right here, in front of all the brothers and sisters, don't be shy. ”

Where does Xuanji practice Xuanming boxing, I am afraid that she will forget how to put the posture, but the head of the house commanded, she had to stand up.

For a moment, a quiet pin in the field could be heard falling on the ground. The scorching afternoon wind swept through Xuanji's long hair, and a dense sweat broke out on her back. Hundreds of pairs of eyes were nailed to her alone, and she seemed to freeze, unable to move a finger.

He Danping couldn't bear to be humiliated in public by her beloved daughter, and stepped forward to speak, but Zhen Lei stopped with a gesture. He turned his head and said, "Don't you know how to practice?" Then let me ask you, what have you done over the years? ”

Xuanji still didn't speak. The intense sunlight on her face made her feel a little weak. It was too far away, and everyone couldn't see her expression clearly, and she gloated before, but she couldn't help but sweat, if she continued to be silent like this, Shizun would only be more angry.

"Xuan Xuanji, speak." Zhen Lei's voice was very soft, like a thin piece of ice suddenly shattering.

Xuanji suddenly knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "I won't!" Please punish the head! ”

Zhen Lei actually laughed, "Punishment?!" What a rebuke! You know the word for punishment! He suppressed his laughter and said, "Listen, go home tonight, pack some clothes, and from tomorrow, you will live in the Mingxia Cave of Beishan Sun Peak!" When will you come out and come out again! ”

Everyone was amazed. It must be known that the Mingxia Cave is thousands of feet deep, and it is as dark as hell inside, damp and cold all year round, and there are many insects and snakes. She was only an eleven-year-old girl, and in any case, this punishment was too severe!

He Danping burst into tears on the spot, Linglong couldn't hold it on the side, rushed up and knelt on the ground, and said urgently: "Ask the head of the house to spare my sister once!" She is not in good health, and she will die if she enters Mingxia Cave! ”

Du Minxing and Zhong Minyan also knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Master, please take back your life!" The little junior sister is still young, but I am afraid that I can't bear such a punishment! Master, please open the net! ”

Yu Lei suddenly flicked his sleeves and said, "Get up!" I have made up my mind about this matter, and I don't need to say it again! After that, she turned to look at Xuanji, her face was a little pale, but there was no fear in it.

Although he was angry, he still couldn't bear it in his heart, and sighed: "Xuanji...... There are many people in the world who can only be ordinary people, born and old, sick and die, and pass a life of mediocrity. But you can't. You are a disciple of Shaoyang Peak, and cultivating immortals is your lifelong goal. You...... How can you be willing to be an ordinary person? ”

She was silent for a long time before she said softly: "Could it be ...... Aren't we ordinary people? ”

Hearing this, Yu Lei was dumbfounded, and after a long time, Fang said: "You...... Let's go. ”

He looked at the thin back of this little daughter, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart.

Rotten wood cannot be carved.

But this rotten wood is his daughter, and even if he can't carve it, he will carve it into a shape.

Du Minxing still wanted to plead, but Zhen Lei brushed his sleeves away, and walked to the side of the martial arts training ground before he said in a deep voice: "Minxing, come to my room tonight." I'm going to see how many levels you've reached in your impotence exercises. ”

When Du Minxing heard the three words Yang Gong, he couldn't help but be ecstatic. This is the deepest spell of Shaoyang Peak, ordinary disciples can practice it when they are twenty years old, and only those who are particularly outstanding, the head of the sect or the uncles and uncles under the mountain will teach this method in advance. Now that he is only eighteen years old, the master's so-called seeing how many layers of his yang skills have been practiced is simply a pretense, but in fact, he is planning to teach him this method!

The young disciples around him all looked at him enviously and came over to say goodbye. Du Minxing was so excited that he almost couldn't stand, and when he broke down, he forgot about Xuanji's matter.